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Joanie Mahoney to co-host another Cuomo fundraiser

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talked about his property tax cutting proposal before a group of about 100 people at the Town of DeWitt Community Room in March. Mahoney, a Republican, is a co-host at a Skaneateles fundraiser for Cuomo Thursday.
(Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com)

The $1,000-per-ticket fundraiser will be at the home of Michael Falcone, another Republican and a Syracuse-area developer. Falcone and Mahoney co-hosted a fundraiser for Cuomo in 2011.

Cuomo is also scheduled to visit the Syracuse Inner Harbor on Thursday afternoon, according to Onondaga County Democratic Committee Chairman Mark English. Cuomo is supposed to make an economic development announcement about the Inner Harbor, English and Cuomo supporter Dean Vlassis said.

Those who buy a $5,000 ticket to the fundraiser can attend a host reception that starts at 5:30 p.m. at Falcone's West Lake Road house. Other tickets cost $1,000 per person or $1,500 per couple.

"It's going to be a sold-out event," said Vlassis, a prominent local fundraiser for the governor. "The response has been tremendous," he said, though he added he didn't know how many tickets had been sold.

Cuomo is running for a second term this fall against Republican Rob Astorino and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Zephyr Teachout is planning to primary Cuomo for the Democratic line.

Groups against hydrofracking are expected to protest in Skaneateles at Clift Park on West Genesee Street, near West Lake Road. The protest starts at 4:30 p.m.